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CONSTRAINTS ON LARGE-SCALE CLUSTERING FROM THE AUTOCORRELATION PROPERTIES OF THE X-RAY-BACKGROUND
No full textExpectations for the angular correlation function of intensity fluctuations of the extragalacitc 2-10 keV X-ray background are discussed in relation to the two-point spatial correlation functions, xi(r), of X-ray sources. A simple analytic formula for the amplitude of intensity correlations, Gamma(theta), holding in the low-redshift, small-separation approximation, is derived. The HEAO 1 A-2 upper limits on Gamma(theta) have been exploited to derive constraints on the local xi(r) functions of rich clusters of galaxies, of AGNs, and on the AGN-cluster cross-correlation, as well as on evolution of the correlation functions with cosmic time. X-ray data are found to be compatible with the Bahcall and Soneira estimates of xi(cluster-cluster) as well as with the results of recent studies of quasar clustering
SMALL-SCALE FLUCTUATIONS AND ANGULAR-CORRELATIONS OF THE X-RAY-BACKGROUND IN THE HEAO-1 A-2 ENERGY-BAND - CONSTRAINTS ON CLUSTERING OF X-RAY SOURCES
No full textUsing HEAO 1 A-2 all-sky survey data we have determined the amplitude of intensity fluctuations of the extragalactic 2-10 keV X-ray background (XRB) over an effective solid angle of 1.84 deg2 and their angular correlation function on angular scales of less than 3-degrees (i.e., smaller than the detector's field of view). The observed fluctuations are congruent-to 3 sigma above those expected if the counts keep a Euclidean slope well below the limit of the Piccinotti survey, as indicated by the Einstein Observatory medium sensitivity and deep surveys. A good empirical fit to the data is obtained assuming that the integral counts in the A-2 band have a slope of 1.65(-0.07)+0.06, fully consistent with the best-fit slope of 1.72(-0.10)+0.15 obtained by Piccinotti et al. directly from source counts with the same experiment. Alternatively, the data may imply a significant clustering of extragalactic X-ray sources. However, the non-Poisson constribution of rich clusters of galaxies with clustering radii consistent with optical data (r0 less-than-or-equal-to 50-60 Mpc, H0 = 50) do not fully account for the observed signal. Clustering of AGNs could do the job; the required amplitude of the two-point correlation function depends primarily on the evolution of their luminosity and/or space density and of their clustering properties. The resulting values are consistent with optical data on quasar clustering
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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